The US reiterates that it is “probable” that the COVID-19 virus originated in a Chinese laboratory

March 2 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, has reiterated this Thursday from India that it is probable that the COVID-19 virus could have originated in a Chinese laboratory, although for the moment there is “no evidence” that the intentions of Beijing were to use it as a biological weapon.

“Some of our agencies believe it was due to a laboratory leak in Wuhan. Some believe it was from an animal market, but none could say conclusively. The possibility that it originated from a laboratory is very real and possible. “, has indicated in an interview with the newspaper ‘India Today’.

Blinken has also stressed from India, where he has attended the meeting of foreign ministers of the G20 countries, that Washington is concerned about the development of biological weapons “around the world.” “We have programs to help countries with biological research,” she added.

China has urged the United States to “stop politicizing” the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, after FBI director Christopher Wray and the US Department of Energy pointed to the possibility of an accident in a laboratory at the Wuhan city, considered the ‘zero ground’ of SARS-CoV-2.

A study by the US Department of Energy determined, although “with low confidence”, that the pandemic originated after an accident in a Chinese laboratory in that city, although other US agencies attribute the spread of the virus to natural contagion, while there are others who have not decided on it.